Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson
Birth name	Janet Damita Jo Jackson
Born	May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana, USA
Years Active	1973-present

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
The Jacksons	Herself	1976–1977	1	2
Good Times	Penny Woods	1977–1979					5	6
A New Kind of Family	Jojo Ashton	1979	1
Fame	Cleo Hewitt	1984–1985				4

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	3x09 - First Love	December 31, 1980
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	4x01 - Growing Up	October 29, 1981
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	4x11 - Jilted	January 21, 1982
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	4x16 - The Car	February 25, 1982
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	4x24 - The Music Man	May 6, 1982
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	4x25 - Short but Sweet	May 13, 1982
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	5x02 - In the Swim	October 9, 1982
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	5x07 - The Older Woman	November 13, 1982
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	6x19 - The Wedding (2)	February 25, 1984
Diff'rent Strokes	Charlene DuPrey	6x23 - The Houseguest	May 5, 1984
Saturday Night Live	Herself	19x20 - Heather Locklear/Janet Jackson	May 14, 1994
Saturday Night Live	Herself	29x17 - Janet Jackson	April 10, 2004

Specials

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Janet Jackson	Herself	2001	MTV Icon

Notable Film Roles

Film	Role	Released
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Denise Gaines	July 28, 2000

Album History

Album Name	Release Date
Janet Jackson	1982
Dream Street	1984
Control	1986
Rhythm Nation 1814	1989
janet.	1993
The Velvet Rope	1997
All for You	2001
Damita Jo	2004
20 Y.O.	2006
Discipline	2008
Unbreakable	2015

Awards and Accolades

• star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• five Grammy Awards

Trivia

• the youngest of nine siblings